senator brown has challenged elizabeth warren's claim that she is of native american heritage. brows campaign releasea gremt n oer not a full apology, saying his staffers got their one and only warning on that. jim vandehei still with us. you're talking about this morning that race in missouri, todd akin still has a chance, reports politico. yeah. me tol are not great for todd akin ever since he made those comments that got him in a heck of a lot of trouble in missouri and certainly with republicans he's now down in a state that republicans have to win if they want to win back control of the senate and what's interesting is it' a little -- it's a case study in di ie rli party. you have rick santorum, newt gingrich, other conservatives rallying around akin and calling on washington leaders to put money into that race. they still think it's winnable. in an interview with us, akin said, listen, my eyes have been opened. detand conservatism. he's talking about mitch mcconnell who runs the republican conference. and he was talking about myt romney and karl rove and all the other peo